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G. E. HAMILTON.

FENCE POST.

No. 394,266. Patented Deo. l1, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE E. HAMILTON, OF HARPER, OHIO.

FENCE- PST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 394,266, dated December11, 1888.

Application filed June 23, 1887. Serial No. 242,313. (No model.)

To all whom it 71mg/ concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE HAMILTON, a citizen of the l'nited States,and a resident of near lflarper, in the county of Logai'i and State ofOhio, have invented a new and useful Fence and Ienee-lost, ot' which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention is an improved fence-post.

Figure l is a persliiective view of my post used with a picket tence; Eg. 2, a perspective view of my post used with a rail felice; Fig. 3, aperspective view of my post used with aboard and wire felice 5 Eig. 4, adetached front Yview of the top ot' my post; Eig, 5, a per spective viewof the bracket used to hold up the stringers of a picket fence.

A is my post; l, a wing or piece projecting at right angles to the faceof the cornerpost, with a slot between the face of the post and thewing; C, the slot in the post t'or the `insertion of the rails orstringers of a fence; D, a bracket that tits in slot C and straddles thepost; E, wings or flanges on the sides of the lower end of the post; F,a plate or anchor on the bot-tom to prevent the frost from heaving thepost; G, the stringers of a picket fence; H, fence-rails; I, boards of afence, K, nails; Q, wire loops; P, staples; M, holes in the post throughwhich the nails or wires pass.

The object ot' my invention is to form a cheap, simple, iron fencepostthat can be used in ordinary board, picket, or rail felices, and one,also, that'is steadied from leaning sidewise and anchored against beingraised by frost.

To provide such a post, I cast it ot' the shape shown, the upper partbeing a fiat loop, the sides of which have holes through them for thepassage of nails, wires, or staples. The loop also forms a slot, C, fortheinsertion of the stringers of a picket fence, or of the ends ot'rails when the post is turned erosswise. The bottom of the post belowthe loop has projecting flanges in the form of a cross to steady thesame in the ground, and also has a fiat plate at the bottom to anchorthe post and prevent its being raised by the action of frost.

\Vhen used as a corner-post, my post has a 5o win or additional loopextending out at right angles to the face of the post, for the insertionof the ends of the boards, rails, or stringers of the portion of. thefelice ruiming at right angles.

In using my post with an ordinary board or wire fence the post isturned, so that the boards tit against the dat side of the loop, asshown in Eig. 3i, when ordinary .nails are driven through the boards andthrough the holes in the post and clinched on the opposite side of thepost, or wires are passed over or through the boards and through theholes in the post and secured on the opposite side. Barbed or plain wiremaybe fastened on with staples driven through the holes, or the wiresthemselves may be passed through the holes in the post.

In using my post with a picket fence the loops are turned erosswise ofthe line of the fence, the brackets D are inserted in the loops at theproper height, as shown in Fig. l, and nails are driven through holes inthe bracket and loop and clinched. The st-ringers are then placed uponthese brackets and the pickets nailed on.

The additional wingI or loop on the cornerpost presents a surface tonail boards to, and also forms a slot for the insertion of thefencestringers in building a picket fence.

My bracket D, made in one piece, is a bracket, brace, and clampcombined, and is made wide as the full width of my linepost, and has cutin each side a notch or groove the width and thickness of each wing ofthe post. In use it is put edgewise in between the wings and then turnedtill its fiat side is in a horizontal position,when the central solidpart forms abrace to kcep the wings from springing together, and thesides of the grooves filling close to the sides of the wings of the postkeep them from leaning or springing sidewise.

Vhat I claim isw l. A one-pieee cast-iron fence-post, the upper partcomposed of three wings, the third 4wing being set at right angles tothe other two and slotted at the point where the wings would otherwiseineet, so as to make an open- D, having grooves or notches in its sidesand ing adapted to receive the ends of rails runatta-@hed to the post bypins or staples, as and ning at right angles to each other, as and forfor the purpose set forth.

the purpose set forth. GEORGE E. HAMILTON. 5 2. A fence-post Whose upperpart is a loop Titnessesz having the eyes M therein, in combination E.K. CAMPBELL,

with the one-piece broket, brace, and clamp NED CAMPBELL.

